The end of the Cold War : European unity, socialism, and the shift in global power

__The End of the Cold War__ was first published in 1990. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Against the backdrop of unprecedented change in the world political and social order, Bogdan Denitch charts the unique opportunities and potential pitfalls that accompany the increased economic and political integration of the European Community. Historically, any move toward unification has had broad ramifications. This, coming as it does in the wake of recent democratic upheavals in Europe, will bring to a close an entire era -- an era of a world dominated by superpowers and the cold war that defined there confrontations. The closing months of 1989 witnessed unprecedented change in the world political and social order. Against this backdrop, the author charts the unique opportunities and potential pitfalls that accompany the increased economic and political integration of Europe.